Savvy Divas and Dudes

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Menu Plan Monday

This month menu planning is KEY to our success. I'm taking part in the Clean Out Your Cupboards Challenge. This challenge is easy peasy for a few days, but then my old ways start to creep back in. The old me that says to herself, "I've worked hard all day and I'm tired and the kids are tired ... perhaps the hubby should just pick something up after work." Luckily my husband is on board with the challenge and helped me save myself from sabotaging it! He came home from work and whipped up one of the best meals of the week featuring this beauty ....

I'd forgotten that my in-laws had left some in the fridge before they left. Have you tried it? It is DIVINE! He cooked some brown rice and then stir fried chicken with carrots and green peppers in Sweet Baby Ray's Barbeque sauce. It was simple, semi-healthy, and SCRUMPTIOUS. And all from our cupboards!

As for my accountability for the challenge, this week as a COMPLETE success! We did not eat out at all and we stuck to our $50 a week budget ($26 of which goes to fresh fruits, veggies, and bread from Bountiful Baskets).

I was even able to pull off an impromptu dinner party with my brother in law and his family as well as a get together with college roommates tonight. I've learned it's good to have a few simple, but yummy group recipes in my pocket for such occasions like my sister's easy crockpot Salsa Chicken.

So here we go with week two which should be fairly interesting ... we may need to make a meat run early in the week!

Dinners:
Cajun Rice Dish (we've done this one many, many times before - so easy, so yummy!)
Broccoli Cheese Soup
Coconut Linguine Primavera
Curried Chickpeas and Quinoa
Chicken Paprika
Oven Risotto with Sausage and Tomatoes
Chicken with Broccoli and Garlic Sauce

Lunches:
Grilled Bacon Apple and Cheddar Sandwiches
Breakfast Pizzas
Tuna Salad
Leftovers
Italian Style Quinoa Salad
Fresh Broccoli Salad
Brown Rice and Beans

Breakfasts:
Pumpkin French Toast (another tried and true yummy way to get veggies in the kiddos) with fruit
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Muffins with fruit
Granola

Dessert:
Crockpot Apple Cake
Grain-free Brownies

To Bake:
Homemade English Muffins

Thursday, January 6, 2011

P&G Samples!

Get your P&G Samplers! I hadn't signed in for awhile so I was able to get:

$1 Cheer Coupon
Free sample Pantene for Curly Hair
Free sample of Head and Shoulders
Free sample of Always Ultra Thin liners
Free sample of Tampax Pearl

Go here and log in or to sign up!

Deals I'm doing this week!

Wal-mart

Athenos Greek Yogurt Cups $1.00
Use the $2.00 off two Athenos Coupon
Total Cost two for FREE!

Walgreens

Finesse Clean & Simple Hair care $1.99
You pay $1.99 but you can submit for a $1.99 MIR on box.
Total cost FREE!

Electrasol 20 pack $3.49
Use the $2.25 off Electrasol coupon from the 1/2 SS
You pay $1.24 but you will receive a $1.50 Register Reward to use toward your next purchase.
Total cost FREE + $.26 moneymaker!!

Omega Factor-3 $10.00
You pay $10.00 but you will receive a $10.00 Register Reward to use toward your next purchase.
Total cost FREE!

Children's Oscillococcinum Homeopathic Flu Medicin $8.99
Use the $2.00 off Children's Oscillococcinum coupon
You pay $6.99 but you will receive a $8.99 Register Reward to use toward your next purchase.
Total cost FREE + $2.00 moneymaker!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Awesome Pull-up Deal at Amazon!

Hey Moms! Great deal on Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs, Girls, 2T-3T, 58-Count. They are on sale for $19.03, but with the Subscribe and Save option you will get them for $13.32 (.22 cents per pull-up)!

Be sure you are part of the free Amazon Moms Program so you can get free 2 day shipping!

To make the deal even sweeter, if you have the 20 percent off Amazon Coupon code from the January issues of American Baby, Parents Magazine, or Parenting: The Early Years, Fit Pregnancy - then your price will only be $9.51!

Either way, it's still a good deal. Silly me, I threw away my Parents magazine without taking the code out. But I still took advantage of the Amazon deal anyone for the $13 price.

***You can cancel your Subscribe and Save Subscription at any time. Go to Your Account in Amazon and click on the "Manage Subscribe and Save Items". (If you don't cancel, you will continue to be sent the pull-ups).

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Free 2011 Goals and Priorities Diary

Is getting organized one of your New Years 2011 resolutions! I was over at Orgjunkie.com and one of her sponsors is giving away a fantastic freebie to help you get organized. Get Organized Wizard is offering their new 2011 Goals & Priorities Diary for FREE, all you have to do is LIKE their Facebook Page.

I downloaded them and they are fantastic! It is fully interactive - you can type save, search, and edit the documents. The Monthly Goals Planner is perfect for setting and planning your goals for the month while the Daily Priorities are going to keep you on track every day. You should check it out!